"aux.dat" as a file name

[shai ostshega]

Why is is impossible to create a file in PC (under
win95/98/NT) with the name "aux.dat"

thanks,
shai

[Roger Osborn]

aux: used to be a device name in MSDOS. There is probably some residual code somewhere that still treats it specially, even when embedded in a longer name.


Roger

[ksheeraj]

You can not have file name like Aux.* & COM1.*,COM2.*,LPT*.*.Because these are special types of file for OS.
Ksheeraj

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